History of UK immigration control

Modern immigration border controls originated in 1905, although some means of controlling foreign visitors to the United Kingdom existed before then. Although an Alien Act was passed in 1793 and remained in force to some extent until 1836, there were no controls between then and 1905 barring a very loosely policed system of registration on entry.

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